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Site-Specific Browsers

Site-specific browsers (SSBs) are special variants of the browser that run a single web application. They simplify the web application by isolating it from everything else. One of the big advantages we find is that we can tab to the application itself, instead of having to find the right tab within the browser.

Google Hangouts

We use Google Hangouts a lot for remote pair programming and other communications. (We even frequently use it to make phone calls - the sound quality is better than our cell phones.) This is a case where finding the right window quickly is critical. We're often muted, and need to switch from what we're doing to the Hangouts window.

We tried using Fluid to create this SSB, but the video plugin kept crashing on us. So we're using a Google Chrome SSB. It's not nearly as nice to configure, but we haven't had any issues with it.

Jira

We use Jira as the ticketing system for one of our clients. Again, it's something we need to be able to find quickly, so that we can manage what we're working on. We used Fluid to set this up. (Fluid actually uses Safari instead of Chrome.)